TY - JOUR
T1 - Relational turbulence and perceptions of partner support during reintegration after military deployment
AU - Knobloch, Leanne K.
AU - Basinger, Erin D.
AU - Theiss, Jennifer A.
PY - 2018/1/2
Y1 - 2018/1/2
N2 - The transition from deployment to reintegration can be stressful for returning military personnel and at-home partners, and support plays a key role in their ability to transition effectively. We draw on relational turbulence theory to advance predictions about how parameters of the relationship between returning service members and at-home partners predict their perceptions of their partner’s support during the post-deployment transition. We surveyed 235 individuals (117 returning service members, 118 at-home partners) who had experienced the transition within the past 6 months. Findings consistent with the theory indicated that relational turbulence partially mediated the negative associations that relational uncertainty and interference from a partner shared with partner support. Partner uncertainty was a direct negative predictor of partner support as well. We consider how these results extend theory, research, and practice.
AB - The transition from deployment to reintegration can be stressful for returning military personnel and at-home partners, and support plays a key role in their ability to transition effectively. We draw on relational turbulence theory to advance predictions about how parameters of the relationship between returning service members and at-home partners predict their perceptions of their partner’s support during the post-deployment transition. We surveyed 235 individuals (117 returning service members, 118 at-home partners) who had experienced the transition within the past 6 months. Findings consistent with the theory indicated that relational turbulence partially mediated the negative associations that relational uncertainty and interference from a partner shared with partner support. Partner uncertainty was a direct negative predictor of partner support as well. We consider how these results extend theory, research, and practice.
KW - Interference from a partner
KW - military deployment
KW - relational turbulence
KW - relational uncertainty
KW - social support
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U2 - 10.1080/00909882.2017.1409906
DO - 10.1080/00909882.2017.1409906
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85040965198
VL - 46
SP - 52
EP - 73
JO - Journal of Applied Communication Research
JF - Journal of Applied Communication Research
SN - 0090-9882
IS - 1
ER -